Jonathan Berg, MD, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, is a principal investigator of The Clinical Genome Resource, a multi-institution consortium initially launched in 2013 by the National Human Genome Research Institute to provide evidence-based evaluations of clinically relevant genes and variants.

Brea Hampton, a PhD candidate in the Genetics & Molecular Biology (GMB) curriculum and member of the Department of Genetics, has been awarded a competitive five-year Transition to Aging Research Award for Predoctoral Students from the National Institute of Aging (NIA).

Hyejung Won, PhD, is principal investigator of five-year project, part of the NIH’s $185-million Impact of Genomic Variation on Function consortium. UNC’s Karen Mohlke, PhD, and Michael Love, PhD, are co-investigators.

Damaris Lorenzo, PhD, at the UNC School of Medicine, led the discovery of a new neurodevelopmental syndrome, its underlying genetic basis and molecular mechanisms, both important milestones on the road to create therapeutic strategies.

UNC School of Medicine and UNC Lineberger scientists co-led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and Yisong Wan, PhD, uncovered a new molecular pathway important for the regulation of the adaptive immune system and the mitigation of autoimmune disease.

Katarzyna Kedziora, PhD, postdoctoral researcher in the UNC Department of Genetics, received a $740,000 Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) grant to support increased collaboration and innovations in imaging technology research.

International consortium led by UNC Departments of Genetics and Computer Science publishes manuscript on the development and testing of a new tool to enhance the value of the laboratory mouse in biomedical research.

Hyejung Won, PhD, and Jason Stein, PhD, in the UNC Department of Genetics and members of the UNC Neuroscience Center, led a genome-wide association study to find that lowered expression of a gene called DDHD2 may increase a person’s likelihood of autism.

Blood-Cell Consortium members from the UNC Department of Genetics, Drs. Yun Li (associate professor), Laura Raffield (assistant professor), Karen Mohlke (professor) and Cassandra Spracklen (former postdoctoral fellow) are co-authors on two large studies focused on the genetics of blood cell traits.

The UNC School of Medicine and NC TraCS awarded pilot funding to three teams for the 2020 Emerging Challenges in Biomedical Research Awards in a call highlighting research to address the COVID-19 pandemic

Led by UNC School of Medicine neuroscientist Hyejung Won, PhD, researchers created H-MAGMA, a computational tool that improves current technology used to link non-coding genetic variants to the genes associated with diseases through genome-wide association studies.

Adding genomic sequencing results to traditional newborn screening means a baby could potentially test positive for numerous conditions that might not develop within their lifetime. A UNC School of Medicine study proposed a method for how to responsibly determine which types of conditions to include in testing and potentially return to parents.

Tag: Genetics

UNC Awarded $24-million NIH Grant to Improve Genomic, Precision Medicine

Hampton receives NIA transition research award

UNC Researchers Awarded $9.25 Million to Study DNA Variance Related to Disease

Scientists Find Genetic Cause, Underlying Mechanisms of New Neurodevelopmental Syndrome

Scientists Find Key Function of Molecule in Cells Crucial for Regulating Immunity

Kedziora Receives Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Grant

UNC Researchers Lead International Consortium to Improve Understanding of Genetics of Mouse Models

Scan of Genomes for Inherited Variants Implicates New Gene Important in Autism

Genetics Faculty Publish Back-to-Back Papers in Cell

Three Teams Received Emerging Challenges Grants to Combat COVID-19

Scientists Create Tool to Detect Genes Associated with Psychiatric, Neurodegenerative Diseases

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